[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D766-D772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Thursday, July 1, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations and the 
      District of Columbia Appropriations bills.
      Senate agreed to the conference report on the Y2K Act.
      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      House Committee ordered reported the Military Construction and 
      Interior appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
      House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 775, Year 2000 
      Readiness and Responsibility Act.
      House passed H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8017-S8203
Measures Introduced: Thirty-two bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1312-1343, S. Res. 132-136, and S. Con. Res. 
43.
  Pages S8084-85
 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
   Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to 
Subcommittees of Budget Totals''. (S. Rept. No. 106-101.
   S. 335, to amend chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to 
provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to 
games of chance, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties 
relating to such matter, and for other purposes, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 106-102)
   S. 468, to improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal 
financial assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance 
application and reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of 
services to the public, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 106-103)
   S. Res. 59, A bill designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, 
as ``National Literacy Day''.
   S. 467, to restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
   S. 1257, to amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United 
States Code.
   S. 1258, to authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses 
of the Patent and Trademark Office.
   S. 1259, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of 
famous marks.
   S. 1260, to make technical corrections in title 17, United States 
Code, and other laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                         Pages S8083-84
Measures Passed:
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 43, providing 
for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
  Page S8011
  Department of the Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations: Senate 
passed S. 1282, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2000, after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S7981-S8011, S8036-50
Adopted:
   Campbell (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 1197, to ensure the safety and 
availability of child care centers in Federal facilities. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S7996
   Campbell (for Lott/Daschle) Amendment No. 1201, to authorize the 
conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of a certain parcel of 
land in the District of Columbia.
Pages S7987, S7989-90

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   Campbell (for Collins/Campbell/Dorgan) Amendment No. 1202, to 
request the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative 
postage stamp honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Pages S7987-88
   Campbell (for DeWine) Amendment No. 1200, to prohibit the use of 
funds to pay for an abortion or to pay for the administrative expenses 
in connection with certain health plans that provide coverage for 
abortions. (By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 197), Senate earlier failed 
to table the amendment.)
Pages S7987, S8036-42
   Dorgan (for Harkin) Modified Amendment No. 1209, to provide 
additional funding to reduce methamphetamine usage in High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas.
Pages S7987, S8042-43
   Dorgan (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 1212, to require the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to provide bonus grants to high 
performance States based on certain criteria and collect data to 
evaluate the outcome of welfare reform.
Pages S7987, S8042-43
   Campbell (for Kyl) Modified Amendment No. 1195, to increase by 
$50,000,000 funding for United States Customs Service for salaries and 
expenses to hire 500 new inspectors to stop the flow of illegal drugs 
into the United States and facilitate legitimate cross-border trade and 
commerce.
Pages S7987, S7992-95, S8010-11
   Campbell (for Enzi/Thomas) Amendment No. 1198, to include Campbell 
and Uinta Counties to the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Areas for the State of Wyoming.
Pages S7987, S8042-45
   Dorgan (for Reid) Modified Amendment No. 1205, to provide additional 
funds for the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Campbell/Dorgan Amendment No. 1192, to provide for an increase in 
certain Federal buildings funds.
Pages S7987, S8045
   Campbell Amendment No. 1218, to provide for a reduction in the 
amounts provided for certain rental of space, building operations and 
in aggregate amount of Federal Buildings Fund.
Pages S8044-45
   Campbell/Dorgan Amendment No. 1219, to provide that funds made 
available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act to any 
department or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial 
Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of JFMIP salaries and administrative costs. 
                                                         Pages S8044-45
   Campbell (for Schumer) Amendment No. 1220, to require the Secretary 
of the Treasury to develop an Internet site where a taxpayer may 
generate a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion 
of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending 
categories.
Pages S8044-45
 Rejected:
   Dorgan (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 1214, to provide for the 
inclusion of alcohol abuse by minors in the national anti-drug media 
campaign for youth. (By 58 yeas to 40 nays, 1 member responding present 
(Vote No. 194), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S7987, S7997-S8010
Withdrawn:
  Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1191, to ensure that health and 
safety concerns at the Federal Courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New 
York, New York are alleviated.
Page S7987
   Reed Amendment No. 1193, to enable the State of Rhode Island to meet 
the criteria for recommendation as an Area of Application to the 
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence; Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and 
Connecticut Federal locality pay area.
Pages S7987, S7990-91
   Dorgan (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 1211, to ensure the availability 
of child care in Federal facilities.
Pages S7987, S7996
   Dorgan (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 1213, to amend title 4 of the 
United States Code to prohibit the imposition of discriminatory 
commuter taxes by political subdivisions of States. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Campbell (for Warner) Amendment No. 1194, to provide for 
professional liability insurance coverage for Federal employees. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Campbell (for Kyl) Amendment No. 1196, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Congress should provide funding for additional United 
States Customs Service inspectors to stop the flow of illegal drugs 
into the United States and facilitate legitimate cross-border trade and 
commerce.
Pages S7987, S8044
   Campbell (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1199, to provide full funding 
for United States Customs Service salaries and expenses. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Campbell (for Hutchison/Kyl) Amendment No. 1204, to increase by 
$50,000,000 funding for United States Customs Service salaries and 
expenses, for the purpose of hiring 500 new United States Customs 
inspectors to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Dorgan (for Baucus) Amendment No. 1206, to amend title 39, United 
States Code, to establish guidelines for the relocation, closing, 
consolidation, or construction of post offices.
Pages S7987, S8044
   Dorgan (for Moynihan/Schumer) Modified Amendment No. 1208, to ensure 
that the health and safety concerns at the Federal courthouse at 40 
Centre Street in New York, New York, are alleviated. 
                                                  Pages S7987, S8044-45

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   Dorgan (for Schumer) Amendment No. 1210, to amend chapter 44 of 
title 18, United States Code, relating to the regulation of firearms 
dealers.
                                                     Pages S7987, S8044
   Dorgan (for Cochran) Amendment No. 1217, to repeal section 1122 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1994. 
                                                     Pages S7990, S8044
   Dorgan (for Graham) Amendment No. 1215, to increase funding for law 
enforcement in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area associated with 
Jacksonville, Florida.
                                                     Pages S7990, S8045
   Dorgan (for Graham) Amendment No. 1216, to provide that Customs 
Service personnel assigned to Florida and the Southwest border are not 
reduced below fiscal year 1999 levels.
                                                     Pages S7990, S8045
   Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1189, to ensure the expeditious 
construction of a new United States Mission to the United Nations. 
                                                     Pages S7987, S8045
   Dorgan (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1190, to ensure that the General 
Services Administration has adequate funds available for programmatic 
needs.
                                                     Pages S7987, S8045
   Campbell (for DeWine/Coverdell) Amendment No. 1203, to provide 
additional funding for the United States Customs Service for enhance 
drug interdiction efforts as authorized in the Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act.
                                                             Page S7987
   Dorgan (for Schumer) Amendment No. 1207, to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to develop an Internet site where a taxpayer may generate 
a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the 
payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories. 
                                                             Page S7987
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion measure, the Senate strike all 
after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of S. 
1282, as passed, and the House bill, as amended, be read for a third 
time and passed, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. Further, that upon passage 
of the House bill, passage of S. 1282 be vitiated and then be 
indefinitely postponed.
                                                             Page S8050
   Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International 
Telecommunications Act: Senate passed S. 376, to amend the 
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote competition and 
privatization in satellite communications, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8051-53
   Burns Amendment No. 1221, to prohibit INTELSAT from entering the 
United States market directly to provide any satellite communications 
services or space segment capacity to carriers (other than the United 
States signatory) or end users in the United States until July 1, 2001 
or until INTELSAT achieves a pro-competitive privatization pursuant to 
section 613 (a) if privatization occurs earlier.
                                                             Page S8052
   District of Columbia Appropriations: Senate passed S. 1283, making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, taking action 
on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S8053-64
                                                              Adoption:
   Daschle Amendment No. 1223, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to implement the notice of decision approved by the National Capital 
Regional Director, dated April 7, 1999.
                                                         Pages S8056-57
   Durbin Amendment No. 1227, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the urgent need to address basic quality of life concerns in 
the District of Columbia.
                                                         Pages S8061-62
   Hutchison Amendment No. 1228, to encourage the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia to adhere to the recommendations of the Health Care 
Development Commission with respect to the use of Medicaid 
Disproportionate Share payments.
                                                             Page S8062
   Hutchison (for Edwards) Amendment No. 1229, to allow the District of 
Columbia Public Schools to consider funding of a program to discourage 
school violence.
                                                             Page S8062
   Hutchison (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1230, to require a GAO study of 
the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia.
                                                             Page S8062
   Hutchison (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1231, to amend the District of 
Columbia Code to require the arrest and termination of parole of a 
prisoner for illegal drug use.
                                                             Page S8062
                                                             Withdrawn:
   Coverdell/Ashcroft Amendment No. 1222, to prohibit the use of funds 
for the distribution of sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 
injection of any illegal drug.
                                                         Pages S8054-56
   Durbin Amendment No. 1224, to strike Federal funding for the 
District of Columbia resident tuition support program.
                                                         Pages S8057-61
   A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion measure, the Senate strike all 
after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of S. 
1283, as passed, and the House bill, as amended, be read for a third 
time and passed, that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. Further,

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that upon passage of the House bill, passage of S. 1283 be vitiated and 
then be indefinitely postponed.
                                                             Page S8064
   Oregon Land Conveyance: Senate passed S. 416, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to convey the city of Sisters, Oregon, a 
certain parcel of land for use in connection with a sewage treatment 
facility, after agreeing to committee amendments and the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S8184-86
   Gorton (for Smith of OR.) Amendment no. 1225, to authorize the 
acquisition of replacement lands within Oregon, and within or in the 
vicinity of the Deschutes National Forest.
                                                             Page S8185
   National Trail Systems: Senate passed S. 700, to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Ala Kahakai Trail as a National 
Historic Trail, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                         Pages S8184-86
   Loess Hill Preservation Study Act: Senate passed S. 776, to 
authorize the National Park Service to conduct a feasibility study for 
the preservation of the Loess Hills in western Iowa, after agreeing to 
committee amendments.
  Pages S8184-87
   Black Canyon National Park/Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area 
Act: Senate passed S. 323, to redesignate the Black Canyon of the 
Gunnison National Monument as a national park and establish the 
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, after agreeing to a 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                               Pages S8184-85, S8187-89
   Deschutes Resources Conservancy Authorization Act: Senate passed S. 
1027, to reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in 
the Deschutes Resources Conservancy.
  Pages S8184-85, S8189
   Sudan National Islamic Front: Senate agreed to S. Res. 109, relating 
to the activities of the National Islamic Front government in Sudan, 
after agreeing to committee amendments.
  Page S8189
   United Nations General Assembly: Senate agreed to S. Res. 119, 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations 
General Assembly Resolution ES-10/6.
  Pages S8189-90
   Palestine Partition Plan Condemnation: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
36, condemning Palestinian efforts to revive the original Palestine 
partition plan of November 29, 1947, and condemning the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights for its April 27, 1999, resolution endorsing 
Palestinian self-determination on the basis of the original Palestine 
partition plan.
  Page S8190
   Qatar Central Municipal Council Election: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 35, congratulating the State of Qatar and its citizens for their 
commitment to democratic ideals and women's suffrage on the occasion of 
Qatar's historic elections of a central municipal council on March 8, 
1999.
  Page S8190
   Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act: 
Senate passed S. 1257, to amend statutory damages provisions of title 
17, United States Code.
  Pages S8190-91
   Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act: Senate passed S. 
1258, to authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of 
the Patent and Trademark Office.
  Page S8191
   Trademark Amendments Act: Senate passed S. 1259, to amend the 
Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of famous marks. 
                                                         Pages S8191-92
   Technical Corrections: Senate passed S. 1260, to make technical 
corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  Page S8192
   National Literacy Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 59, designating both 
July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as ``National Literacy Day''. 
                                                             Page S8193
   Private Relief: Senate passed S. 606, for the relief of Global 
Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, and 
Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical 
Corporation), after agreeing to a committee amendment.
  Pages S8193-94
   Military and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Senate passed S. 
768, to establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving 
with the Armed Forces during contingency operations, and to establish 
Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the United States by 
former members of the Armed Forces and civilians accompanying the Armed 
Forces outside the United States, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S8194-99
   Gorton (for Sessions) Amendment No. 1226, in the nature of a 
substitute.
                                                         Pages S8195-97
   Condemning Arson in Synagogue: Senate agreed to S. Res. 136, 
condemning the acts of arson at three Sacramento, California, area 
synagogues on June 18, 1999, and calling on all Americans to 
categorically reject crimes of hate and intolerance.
  Page S8199
 Budget Process Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 557, to 
provide guidance for the designation of emergencies as a part of the 
budget process,

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taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S7974-81
                                                               Pending:
   Lott (for Abraham) Amendment No. 254, to preserve and protect the 
surpluses of the social security trust funds by reaffirming the 
exclusion of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a 
limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt 
held by the public.
                                                             Page S7980
   Abraham Amendment No. 255 (to Amendment No. 254), in the nature of a 
substitute.
                                                             Page S7980
   Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, with instructions and report back forthwith.
                                                             Page S7981
   Lott Amendment No. 296 (to the instructions of the Lott motion to 
recommit), to provide for Social Security surplus preservation and debt 
reduction.
                                                             Page S7981
   Lott Amendment No. 297 (to Amendment No. 296), in the nature of a 
substitute (Social Security Lockbox).
                                                             Page S7981
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
   By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 193), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the 
bill.
                                                         Pages S7974-80
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the pending Lott 
Amendment No. 297 (listed above) and, pursuant to the order of June 30, 
1999, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Friday, July 16, 1999.
                                                             Page S7981
   Subsequently, the bill was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S7981
 Y2K Act--Conference Report: By 81 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. 196), 
Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 775, to establish 
certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to 
the failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with 
the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000.
  Pages S8017-35
 Appointment:
   International Financial Institution Advisory Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Majority Leader, who consulted with the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the Minority Leaders of the Senate and the 
House, and pursuant to Public Law 105-277, announced the designation of 
Allan H. Meltzer, of Pennsylvania, as the Chairman of the International 
Financial Institution Advisory Commission.
  Page S8184
 Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate on Thursday, 
July 8, 1999, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
  Page S8184
 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
   By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 195), Lawrence H. Summers, of 
Maryland, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
                                                  Pages S7996-97, S8010
   Timothy Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency.
   Albert S. Jacquez, of California, to be Administrator of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for a term of seven years.
   Diane Edith Watson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
States of Micronesia.
   Melvin E. Clark, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
for a term expiring December 17, 1999.
   Carolyn L. Huntoon, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Environmental Management).
   John T. Spotila, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
   Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
   John T. Hanson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).
   Frank Almaguer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras.
   John R. Hamilton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Peru.
   Donald W. Keyser, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for Rank of Ambassador during 
tenure of service as Special Representative of the Secretary of State 
for Nagorno-Karabakh and New Independent States Regional Conflicts.
   Gwen C. Clare, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ecuador.
   Oliver P. Garza, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nicaragua.
   Joyce E. Leader, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Guinea.
   David B. Dunn, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Zambia.
   M. Michael Einik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to The Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
   Mark Wylea Erwin, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros and as 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Seychelles.
   Christopher E. Goldthwait, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chad.
   Larry C. Napper, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for Rank of Ambassador during 
tenure of service as Coordinator of the Support for East European 
Democracy (SEED) Program.
   Donald Lee Pressley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
of the Agency for International Development.
   Joseph Limprecht, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania.
   Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guatemala.
   Mary Sheila Gall, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 
1998.
   Donald Keith Bandler, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cyprus.
   Johnnie Carson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kenya.
   Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
   Bismarck Myrick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Liberia.
   Michael D. Metelits, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cape Verde.
   Ann Brown, of Florida, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 1999.
   Ann Brown, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission.
   Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
                                            Pages S8015-16, S8199-S8201
 Nominations Received:  Senate received the following nominations:
   Curt Hebert, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2004.
   Earl E. Devaney, of Massachusetts, to be Inspector General, 
Department of the Interior.
   Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be United States Governor of 
the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Governor of 
the African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States Governor of the 
African Development Fund; United States Governor of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development.
   James B. Cunningham, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
   Harriet L. Elam, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Senegal.
   J. Richard Fredericks, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Principality of Liechntenstein.
   Barbara J. Griffiths, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Iceland.
   Gregory Lee Johnson, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
of Swaziland.
   Jimmy J. Kolker, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
   Sylvia Gaye Stanfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei 
Darussalam.
   Sally Katzen, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget.
   Q. Todd Dickenson, of Pennsylvania, to be Commissioner of Patents 
and Trademarks.
   Clifford Gregory Stewart, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years.
   Anthony Musick, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Corporation for National and Community Service.
   Michael Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
   Major General Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 
Stat. 37) (33 USC 642).
   A routine list in the Foreign Service.
                                                         Pages S8011-15
 Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nomination:
   G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget, which was sent to the 
Senate on February 12, 1999.
                                                             Page S8016
 Messages From the House:
  Pages S8080-81
 Communications:
  Pages S8081-82
 Petitions:
  Pages S8082-83
 Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S8084
 Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8085-S8140
 Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8140-42

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 Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8145-58
 Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S8158-59
 Authority for Committees:
  Page S8159
 Additional Statements:
  Pages S8159-64
 Text of S. 1234 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S8164-84
 Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--197) 
                                       Pages S7980, S8010, S8035, S8042
 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and, in accordance with the 
provisions of S. Con. Res. 43, adjourned at 10:24 p.m., until 12 Noon, 
on Monday, July 12, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8011.)